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USS Crouter (DE-11)
Flag Hoist / Radio Call Sign:
N - D - P - G
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons
Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row: Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
Second Row: American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/1 star - WWII Victory Medal
Class: Evarts Type: GMT (diesel-electric tandem motor drive, short hull, 3" guns)
Displacement: 1,140 (std), 1,430 tons (full) Dimensions: 289' 5" (oa), 283' 6" (wl) x 35' 0" x 11' 0" (max)
Armament: 3-3"/50 Mk22 (1x3), 1-1.1"/75 Mk2 quad AA (4x1), 9 x 20mm Mk 4 AA, 1 Hedgehog Projector
Mk10 (144 rounds), 8 Mk6 depth charge projectors, 2 Mk9 depth charge tracks
Machinery: 4 GM Model 16-278A diesel engines with electric drive, 6000 shp, 2 screws
Speed: 19 knots Range: 4,150 nm @ 12 knots Crew: 15 / 183
Operational and Building Data
Laid down by Boston NSY on 8 December 1942, Launched on 26 January 1943
Commissioned 25 May 1943, Decommissioned 30 November 1945
Stricken 19 December 1945
Fate: Sold for scrapping 25 November 1946 and broken up in 1947
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7k | Mark Hanna Crouter (3 October 1897 - 13 November 1942) was born in Baker, Oregon and graduated from the Naval Academy 7 June 1919. After extensive service at sea and ashore, he served as first engineering officer in Enterprise (CV-6), and from 11 May 1942 was executive officer in USS San Francisco (CA-38). In the night Naval Battle of Guadalcanal of 12 and 13 November 1942, when an outnumbered American force turned a Japanese raiding group back from its intended attack on shipping off Guadalcanal, Commander Crouter was severely wounded early in the action, but insisted on remaining at his station to play his part in fighting the ship until killed. His courageous devotion to duty was recognized with a posthumous award of the Navy Cross. USS Crouter, DE-11, was the first ship named in his honor. (US Navy photo from the Home of Heroes Web Page) |
Bill Gonyo | |
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265k | May 1944 | Pieter Bakels Wehl, The Netherlands |
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95k | May 1944: San Francisco Bay | John Klar | |
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114k | May 1944: San Francisco Bay | ||
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101k | 24 May 1944: location unknown | ||
View the USS Crouter (DE-11), DANFS history entry
located on the US Naval Historical Center web site.
View a short article on the design and development of the Evarts Class DE submitted by Bob Sables.
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
Contact Name: Don McGhee, Steve Ambler
Phone: (614) 879-8677
E-mail: mcgheedl@msn.com
E-mail: Amblers@msinter.net
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